Illusion Car (open access)

Illusion Car

Patent for an illusion car. This invention is related to amusement. Illustrations included.
Date: April 2, 1907
Creator: Winterborne, William Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Match Box (open access)

Match Box

Patent for a match box. Illustration included.
Date: January 10, 1905
Creator: Kuehn, Joachim F. W. & Steiner, Fritz
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Handpiece (open access)

Dental Handpiece

Patent for a dental hand piece for dental tools so that they may be held or rotated at an angle relative to the hand piece. Illustrations included.
Date: February 2, 1909
Creator: Mayes, Robert Martin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Clamp (open access)

Dental Clamp

Patent for a dental clamp. Illustration included.
Date: July 26, 1904
Creator: Carroll, Houston Monroe
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double Rotary Force Pump (open access)

Double Rotary Force Pump

Patent for double rotary force pump. Illustration included.
Date: March 28, 1905
Creator: Rotary, Julius R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frame for Motor Bicycles (open access)

Frame for Motor Bicycles

Patent for a frame for motor bicycles. Illustrations included.
Date: October 18, 1904
Creator: White, Edward Y.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire Box (open access)

Fire Box

Patent for a fire box. Illustration included.
Date: January 17, 1905
Creator: Butcher, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Clamp. (open access)

Dental Clamp.

Patent for a dental clamp "for holding pins for securement to metallic cover-plates for fillings" (lines 8-10), with illustrations.
Date: January 29, 1901
Creator: Mayes, Robert Martin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Sharpening Razors. (open access)

Device for Sharpening Razors.

Patent for a device for sharpening razors consisting of razor strop and hone, which does not have to be hung on a hook to use.
Date: November 30, 1909
Creator: Dunn, William Harrison
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Apparatus. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Apparatus.

Patent for machines that generate acetylene gas for a "simple and comparatively inexpensive construction, in which the gas is thoroughly washed before entering the service-pipe and in which the water-supply to the generator is controlled by the gas pressure and the carbid kept at all times cooled by surrounding water" (lines 11-17).
Date: December 4, 1900
Creator: McGoldrick, William Hamilton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frame for Motor-Bicycles (open access)

Frame for Motor-Bicycles

Patent for "a strong frame at low cost in which the motor shall be yieldingly supported and wherein by preference the rider may be sustained on an elastic support, so as to maintain a uniform relation with the pedal-shafts, and the movement of the engine properly guided" (lines 11-17).
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: White, Edward Y.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cushion-Tire for Vehicles. (open access)

Cushion-Tire for Vehicles.

Patent for a sectional metal tire cushion that is applied over a preexisting wheel.
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Millen, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner And Feeder (open access)

Cotton Cleaner And Feeder

Patent for a cotton cleaner and feeder. It is designed with an intermediate of a chute and cotton-gin to feed the cotton to the gin. Illustrations included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Seward, Marion F. & Seward, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner and Condenser. (open access)

Cotton Cleaner and Condenser.

Patent for a cotton cleaning and condensing machine for cleaning cotton lint and forming it into bats of standard size. Also equipped with a fire-safety mechanism that immediately turns off the machine.
Date: October 1, 1907
Creator: Reagan, Edgar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper for thinning young cotton plants that is cheaper to make and more efficient than previous models.
Date: March 19, 1907
Creator: Sterling, Rufus Taylor
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cuff-Holder (open access)

Cuff-Holder

"This invention is an improvement in cuff-holders for detachably attaching cuffs to garments; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple device whereby the cuff can be readily attached to or detached from the garment without annoyance" (lines 10-15).
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: Hughes, Russell M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crutch. (open access)

Crutch.

Patent for improvements in crutches by making the crutch adjustable in length according to a person’s height and “overcome the jerks by the movements with the crutches.” (Lines 15-16) Illustration is included.
Date: January 8, 1901
Creator: Hough, Orson E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooling Device for Lard-Compounding Machines (open access)

Cooling Device for Lard-Compounding Machines

Patent for a machine that spreads melted lard into thin sheets and freezes it. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Wright, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Compositor's Stick and Type Chase (open access)

Combined Compositor's Stick and Type Chase

Patent for combined compositor's stick and type chase. Illustration included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Weeks, Frank W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool (open access)

Combination-Tool

Patent for improvements in combination-tools especially adapted for repairing rubber tires.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Green, Samuel Milton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coin Controlled Vending Machine (open access)

Coin Controlled Vending Machine

Patent for coin controlled vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date: April 26, 1904
Creator: Kreter, Otto
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coin Operated Vending Machine (open access)

Coin Operated Vending Machine

Patent for a coin operated vending machine that is meant to be inexpensive and adapted to protect the items being vended, and to allow adjustment for coins of different denominations.
Date: September 2, 1902
Creator: Fender, John Brown
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coin Operating Vending Machine (open access)

Coin Operating Vending Machine

Patent for a coin operated vending machine. Illustration included.
Date: December 6, 1904
Creator: Davis, Alvah B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History